king goi of baekje

colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" \| King Goi of Baekje
colspan="2" \| Korean Name
width="150" \| Revised Romanization	width="150" \| Goi-wang
width="150" \| McCune-Reischauer	width="150" \| Koi-wang
width="150" \| Hangul	width="150" \| 고이왕
width="150" \| Hanja	width="150" \| 古爾王

King Goi of Baekje (?-286, reigned 234-286) was the 8th king of the Korean Baekje kingdom, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the younger brother of King Chogo, and replaced the young King Saban when he was found unfit to rule. King Goi is generally credited with centralizing the Baekje state and gaining permanent ascendancy over the remaining states of Mahan. In 246, according to both the Korean Samguk Sagi and the Chinese Wei Zhi, Baekje went to war against the Chinese-controlled Daifang commandery and the commandery's governor Gong Zun was slain. The Samguk Sagi also records that he established a cabinet of ministers, codes of dress and system of 16 ranks in 260. In 262, he is said to have established regulations against bribery, requiring corrupt officials to repay three times the amount of the bribe. However, these claims have been challenged, and Best (2002) claims that the full Baekje system of government was not fully instituted until centuries later.

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Best, J.W. (2002). Buddhism and polity in sixth-century Paekche. Korean Studies, 26(2), 165-218.

King Goi Of Baekje

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